Religious affiliation(s) Roman Catholic Principal Tracy Shaw Phone +1 336-564-1010 | Denomination Roman Catholic Dean Sister Anne Thomas Founded 1959 Average SAT scores 1,230 | |
Address 1725 NC-66, Kernersville, NC 27284, USA Motto Praesis ut Prosis; "Excel that you might better serve" Similar Southwest Guilford High Sch, Simon G Atkins Academic, Northwest High School, Grimsley High School, High Point Central High Sch Profiles | ||
Bishop McGuinness Catholic High School is a private, Roman Catholic high school in Kernersville, North Carolina, minutes from downtown Greensboro and Winston-Salem. It operates under the direction of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Charlotte.
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Background
It is the only Catholic high school in the Piedmont Triad area. Bishop McGuinness was named one of the nation's top 50 Catholic high schools by the National Catholic High School Honor Roll.
Feeder schools
Sports
The mascot for Bishop McGuinness is the Villain. The mascot comes from the school's predecessor, the Villa Marie Anna Academy.
Basketball
The boys basketball team won the NCHSAA State Championship in 2009. The team holds the school record for most wins in a season (31) and the best overall record (31-2). Boys Basketball has claimed 5 state championships- 1963, 1982, 1983, 1987, 2009.
As of 2014, the girls basketball team (the Lady Villains) have won nine consecutive state championships, the NCHSAA Record, and is also tied for the 2nd longest consecutive state championship win streak nationally.
Cross-country
The Boys' Cross Country team has qualified for the NCHSAA 1A Regional and State meets seven consecutive times since 2005, finishing as low as eight, with their highest finish of third place in the 2011 NCHSAA 1A State Championship at Beeson Park. They have won the NCHSAA Northwest 1A Conference title in 2009 and 2011, as well as having won the NCHSAA 1A Midwest Regional Meet in both 2007 and 2011. They have won the state title twice, in 2012 and 2013.
The Girls' Cross Country team has an even more exceptional record. Although they have only appeared in the NCHSAA State Meet since 2006, they have been runners-up three times. They have won the Midwest 1A Regional and Northwest 1A Conference meets five of the past six years, and holds the NCHSAA 1A State Title for 2008, 2012, and 2013.
Boys' tennis
The Boys' Tennis team won the 2011 NCHSAA 1A State Championship defeating the North Carolina School of Math and Science in the final. In addition to the team championship, Senior Joseph Riazzi won the NCHSAA 1A individual doubles state championship.